I Still Look For The Mountains [LP]

Graves, Allison - I Still Look For The Mountains [LP]

Allison Graves is a singer, songwriter, and naturalist from New England who has created a powerful, breathy debut that sounds aged and well loved, like an old home, with dogs barking in the background and kids playing in the yard. Written and recorded across six months and two coasts, with a secondhand guitar and a broken laptop, I Still Look For The Mountains draws inspiration from Adrianne Lenker and Bon Iver, while also recalling Nick Drake and Vashti Bunyan.

Opening with a brassy modular synth sequence and layered vocals, Allison Graves immediately establishes a vibe ever-present throughout the album's duration. Graves' songwriting pins down big, all-encompassing feelings and experiences that follow us all through our lives, trying to make sense of the profoundly unexplainable joys and sorrows of human existence.